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Show BAD WASHOUT OK S0HM1PJCIFIC Cloudburst Near Montello, Nev., Delays Traffic; Roadbed Is Destroyed. OGDEN. Utah, July 21. Train service on the Southern Pacific Is crippled tonight to-night as a result of a cloudburst which occurred near Montello, Nev.. 119 miles west of this city, at 6,30 o'clock this evening. According to reports received at the company's offices here, about 2300 feet of (rack two miles east of Montello wa damaged to such an extent that repairs re-pairs are necessary before trains can ho run. At the point where the washout wash-out occurred the track Is laid on a shelf cut from n hillside and the avalanche of water carried away the roadbed. The Overland Limited and Pacific ExpresB. westbound, wore delayed about four hours. It was unofficially reported Were this evening that the tracks of tho Western Pacific had been very badly damaged by cloudburst in Nevada. |